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Aoyama is taking over until Pedrosa gets better with his arm pump problem

Hiroshi Aoyama will debut the new Honda RC213V-RS Open class bike at this weekend's Valencia MotoGP season finale, then become an official HRC test rider in 2015. The former 250cc world champion is currently in contention for top Open Honda honours at the Drive M7 Aspar team, but will lose...

Aoyama has fractured his wrist in a motocross incident in Barcelona. He's been ordered to rest before the test in Sepang next month and apparently he doesn't need surgery on it so that is lucky I suppose.   Thing is once a wrist has been broken is it ever as strong again? I mean could this...

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92490 How do people think he'll do?

New bike, new problems for Aoyama The 2010 RC212V handed to Hiroshi Aoyama at the first Sepang test, earlier this month, was so different to the version he had previously tested that the MotoGP rookie had to start almost from scratch. Not only was the new bike effectively two years newer than...

He did some .... hot laps in December Aoyama 'electronics-off' strategy explained “If we're slower than the rest, who cares? We've switched all the electronics off. Why hide a character trait that the rider needs to learn?” - Tom Jojic. The modern breed of peaky 800cc MotoGP bikes, it is said...

FORMER 250cc World Champion Marco Simoncelli lapped almost 0.5 secs slower than arch rival Hiroshi Aoyama at Sepang during day two of the MotoGP rookie test. The Italian, following on from yesterday's 44-lap test, completed a further 56 laps, despite torrential rain interrupting the team's...

Is he the real deal or just another token Japanese? Will ss56 rename himself to HeroHirozerofour? If hiro gets in will he crash into a ducati more importantly hayden in the first few tries? Will ss56 rename herself Aoyama,mama? hmmmm...